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Chrysophylax Dives wrote: ↑Sun Feb 27, 2022 9:37 pm The name I was looking for was Shagrat. In the appendix: "Shagrat brings Frodo’s cloak, mail-shirt, and sword to Barad-dur." But I was just reading this part of the story again and discovered Frodo giving Sting to Sam after they have escaped from the tower!
So I don't know quite what the deal is here, but my question was problematic and you got the passage i had in mind - so the floor is yours. :)

Nemroth wrote: ↑Thu Mar 03, 2022 6:32 pm Alright, here goes - Question: Who hurriedly scratched a spared surface?

'I wonder,' said Strider, looking round thoughtfully. 'Even if he was a day or two behind us at Bree, he could have arrived here first. He can ride very swiftly when need presses.' Suddenly he stooped and looked at the stone on the top of the cairn; it was flatter than the others, and whiter, as if it had escaped the fire. He picked it up and examined it.... 'This has been handled recently,' he said. 'What do you think of these marks?'
On the flat under-side Frodo saw some scratches: ...

'I should say,' answered Strider, 'that they stood for G3, and were a sign that Gandalf was here on October the third: that is three days ago now. It would also show that he was in a hurry and danger was at hand, so that he had no time or did not dare to write anything longer or plainer. If that is so, we must be wary.'

Mordor Riddles of the Eye XXXV 12/1/2005 12:23:55 PM
Drifa: Your guess is not the answer I seek, hence not correct, sorry. I like it though, in that sense that it is very abstract and intelligent of you to think of it. As for your own riddle, is it Röac, son of Carc, and his people, the great ravens?
Khazad-dûm ~Riddles In The Dark~ 12/1/2005 10:58:21 AM
Drifa: I’m afraid that guess is incorrect as well. It differs with the third line. I don’t think there was a second Fellowship. And remember that this thing has been made at least twice. The second time was unnecessary, yet still required.

The sun was sinking behind the mountains, and the shadows were deepening in the woods, when they went on again. Their paths now went into thickets where the dusk had already gathered. Night came beneath the trees as they walked, and the Elves uncovered their silver lamps.

’Behold Tol Brandir!’ said Aragorn, pointing south to the tall peak. ‘Upon the left stands Amon Lhaw, and upon the right is Amon Hen, the Hills of Hearing and of Sight. In the days of the great kings there were high seats upon them, and watch was kept there. But it is said that no foot of man or beast has ever been set upon Tol Brandir. Ere the shade of night falls we shall come to them. I hear the endless voice of Rauros calling.’

"May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun
sails and the moon walks," answered Gandalf, who knew the
correct reply. Queer Lodgings, The Hobbit